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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH
M.S.JAWALKAR, NANDESH S.DESHPANDE
Amitkumar Madhusudan Bagdia – Appellant
Versus
Shritika Amitkumar Bagdia – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. factual background of marriage and cruelty allegations. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. trial, withdrawal of mental disorder ground. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 3. issues and section 13(1)(i-a) provision. (Para 8 , 9) |
| 4. appellant's challenges to trial court findings. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20) |
| 5. respondent's denial and condonation plea. (Para 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30) |
| 6. rejoinder on separate cruelty cause. (Para 31 , 32 , 33) |
| 7. review of specific incident allegations. (Para 34 , 35 , 36 , 37) |
| 8. admitted whatsapp messages prove cruelty. (Para 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43) |
| 9. incidents and family interference assessed. (Para 44 , 45 , 46 , 47) |
| 10. condonation plea rejected under section 23. (Para 48 , 49) |
| 11. cruelty independent of mental disorder. (Para 50 , 51) |
| 12. cruelty proved; no restitution intent. (Para 52 , 53 , 54 , 55) |
| 13. cumulative conduct constitutes mental cruelty. (Para 56 , 57) |
| 14. divorce decreed on cruelty ground. (Para 58) |
JUDGMENT :
NANDESH S. DESHPANDE, J.
1. The present appeal is filed under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, challenging the judgment dated 18.08.2023 in Petition No. A-98 of 2021, which was dismissed
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The main legal point established in the judgment is the application of the concept of mental cruelty under Section 13(1)(i-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, and the consideration of irretrievable b....
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